Greatest Hits II (The Temptations album)

Greatest Hits II
Greatest hits album by The Temptations
Released September 8, 1970
Recorded 1966 - 1970
Genre Soul/Psychedelic soul
Length 40:22
Label Gordy
GS 954
Producer Norman Whitfield
The Temptations chronology
Psychedelic Shack
(1970)		 Greatest Hits II
(1970)		 Live at London's Talk of the Town
(1970)
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Greatest Hits II is a 1970 greatest hits album for The Temptations, released by the Gordy (Motown) label. The sequel to the first Temptations greatest hits LP from 1966, Greatest Hits II collects several of the late-1960s hits that followed the release of the first compilation. Included here are the final collection of David Ruffin-led singles, including "(I Know) I'm Losing You", "I Wish It Would Rain" and "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)", and the first of the Dennis Edwards-led psychedelic soul records, including "Cloud Nine" and "Psychedelic Shack". A new non-album single, the #3 hit "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)", is also included.

All of the songs included here were produced by Norman Whitfield. Not included are "All I Need", a 1967 hit single produced by Frank Wilson), or the collection of duets singles with Diana Ross & the Supremes such as "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" that were produced by Wilson and Nickolas Ashford.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Cloud Nine" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) (lead singers: Eddie Kendricks, Dennis Edwards, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams)
  2. "I Wish It Would Rain" (Roger Penzabene, Strong, Whitfield) (lead singer: David Ruffin)
  3. "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" (Strong, Whitfield) (lead singers: Eddie Kendricks, Dennis Edwards, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams)
  4. "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (Cornelius Grant, Eddie Holland, Whitfield) (lead singer: David Ruffin)
  5. "I Can't Get Next to You" (Strong, Whitfield) (lead singers: Eddie Kendricks, Dennis Edwards, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams)
  6. "You're My Everything" (Grant, Penzabene, Whitfield) (lead singers: Eddie Kendricks, David Ruffin)

Side two

  1. "Psychedelic Shack" (Strong, Whitfield) (lead singers: Eddie Kendricks, Dennis Edwards, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams)
  2. "Please Return Your Love To Me" (Strong, Whitfield, Barbara Neely) (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks)
  3. "Runaway Child, Running Wild" (Strong, Whitfield) (lead singers: Eddie Kendricks, Dennis Edwards, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams)
  4. "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)" (Penzabene, Strong, Whitfield) (lead singer: David Ruffin)
  5. "Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down" (Strong, Whitfield) (lead singers: Eddie Kendricks, Dennis Edwards, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams)
  6. "(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need" (Holland, Whitfield) (lead singers: David Ruffin, Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Greatest Hits Vol. 2 at Allmusic
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